Ying Cui

Ying Cui

Ph.D. in mechanical engineering

About me:

Welcome to my homepage! I am Ying Cui (崔滢), I am currently a Postdoctoral Scholar and obtained my Ph.D. degree from UCLA Mechanical Engineering, supervised by Prof. Yongjie Hu. My research lies in the intersection of Heat Transfer, Manufacturing, Bioinspired, and Biomedical. I am always interested in research collaborations and looking for a faculty position at mechanical engineering.

Research interests:

  • Thermal Management in Semiconductor, Electronics Packaging, Energy
  • Bioispired Materials and Manufacturing: multifunction, multiscale, and sustainability
  • Micro/nano Heat Transfer in Biomedical: Cellular, Tissue, Biomedical and Healthcare

Recent News:

  • 08/2024 Excited to be selected as a *Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering*
  • 07/2024 Honor to give an oral presentation at *ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference (SHTC)*
  • 05/2024 Paper was acceped by Cell Reports Physical Sciecne
  • 04/2024 Happy to receive Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) Scholarship, AnitaB.org
  • 04/2024 Present the poster at GSA Research Showcase, UCLA Graduate Student Association
  • 04/2024 Honor to win CESASC General Scholarship from Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC)!
  • 03/2024 Paper about vaccine adjuvant accepted by Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • 03/2024 Delighted to present “High-Performance Electronics Thermal Management Based on High Thermal Conductivity Boron Arsenide” at the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) Event , UCLA
  • 03/2024 Organize UCLA Graduate Open House and gave a presentation on Hu lab introduction to newly admitted graduate students at UCLA MAE.

Publications:

Journals：

  • Ying. Cui, Huan. Wu, Zhihan Zhang, Yuan Shi, Yongjie. Hu. Nanoscale Hyperthermia Mesostructures for Sustainable Antimicrobial Design. *Cell Reports Physical Science (2024)
  • Ying. Cui, Megan. Ho, Yongjie. Hu, Yuan Shi. Vaccine Adjuvants: Current Status, Research and Development, Licensing, and Future Opportunities. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 12, 4118-4137 (2024).link
  • Ying. Cui, Zihao. Qin, Huan. Wu, Man. Li, Yongjie. Hu. Flexible thermal interface based on self-assembled boron arsenide for high-performance thermal management. *Nature Communications, 12, 1284 (2021). link
  • Ying. Cui, Yujie. Wang, Ziyu. Shao, Anran. Mao, Weiwei. Gao, Hao. Bai. Smart sponge for fast liquid absorption and thermal responsive self-squeezing. *Advanced Materials, 32, 1908249 (2020).link

  • Ying. Cui, Man. Li, Yongjie. Hu. Emerging interface materials for electronics thermal management: experiments, modeling, and new opportunities. *Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8, 10568 (2020). link

  • Ying. Cui, Hua. Gong, Yujie. Wang, Dewen. Li, Hao Bai. A thermally insulating textile inspired by polar bear hair. *Advanced Materials, 30, 1706807(2018). link
  • Ying. Cui, Dewen Li, Hao Bai. Bioinspired smart materials for directional liquid transport. *Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 56, 4887 (2017). link

  • Yujie. Wang, Ying. Cui, Ziyu. Shao, Weiwei. Gao, Wei. Fan, Tianxi. Liu, Hao. Bai, Multifunctional polyimide aerogel textile inspired by polar bear hair for thermoregulation in extreme environments, Chemical Engineering Journal, 390, 1385 (2020).link

  • Man. Li, Zihao. Qin, Ying. Cui, Chiyu. Yang, Changyu. Deng, Yunbo. Wang, Joon Sang. Kang, Hongyan. Xia, Yongjie. Hu. Ultralight and flexible monolithic polymer aerogel with extraordinary thermal insulation by a facile ambient Process. *Advanced Materials Interfaces 6, 1900314 (2019). link

  • Weizhong. Xu, Yun. Xing, Jian. Liu, Huaping. Wu, Ying. Cui, Dewen. Li, Dayou. Guo, Chaorong. Li, Aiping. Liu, Hao. Bai. Efficient water transport and solar steam generation via radially, hierarchically structured aerogels. ACS Nano 3, 7930(2019) link

  • J1. Miao. Yang, Nifang. Zhao, Ying. Cui, Weiwei. Gao, Qihao. Zhao, Chao. Gao, Hao. Bai, Tao. Xie. Biomimetic architectured graphene aerogel with exceptional strength and resilience. *ACS Nano, 11, 6817(2017).

Conference：

  • Ying. Cui, Zihao. Qin, Huan. Wu, Man. Li, Huu. Nguyen, Yongjie. Hu*. High-Performance Electronics Thermal Management Based on High Thermal Conductivity Boron Arsenide. ASME Heat Transfer Summer Conference (SHTC), July 2024, Anaheim, CA, USA.

  • Ying. Cui, Yongjie. Hu*. High-Performance and Flexible Thermal Interfaces Based on Self-Assembled Boron Arsenide. 2023 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, April 2023, San Francisco, CA, USA

  • Ying. Cui, Hao Bai*. A thermally insulating textile inspired by polar bear hair. National Polymer Academic Paper Conference, September 2017, Chengdu, China.

  • Miao. Yang, Ying. Cui, Hao. Bai*. Biomimetic architectured graphene aerogel with exceptional strength and resilience. National Polymer Academic Paper Conference, September 2017, Chengdu, China.

  • Ying. Cui, Hao Bai*. A thermally insulating textile inspired by polar bear hair. International Symposium on Bio-inspired Interfacial Materials with Super-wettability (iBIMS), January 2017, Guangzhou, China.